Toggle-operated fly-tying vise



June 3, 1952 H, HAUSER 2,599,174

TOGGLE-OPERATED FLY-TYING VISE Filed July 20, 1949 IN V EN TOR:

H gh Hauser, BY X m4 AT TOPN E Y.

Patented June 3, 1952 UNITED STATES f PATENT GFFICE Application July 20, 1949, Serial No. 105,764

1 Claim. 1

Generally, my invention pertains to vises which T may be used for the purpose of clamping small obj ects when it may be desired to have some work performed thereon. More specifically, my vise. has been designed as a convenient tool to be used for the purpose of holding iish hooks in preparing fish nies. The object of my improvement is to provide a vise equipped with jaws which may be instantly brought to a clamping position, and in which the operative end, including said jaws, may be adjusted to any position angularly with respect to a supporting standard upon which the vise is mounted. The further object of my improvement is to provide a device in which the spread of the jaws in their clamping position may be regulated for best operative efficiency of said vise. While some of the features of the vise are already known to trade, the novelty of my improvement lies in the means of effecting quick clamping of the jaws, and, reversely, in effecting quick release of the object from between the jaws.

I shall now describe my improvement with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my vise with a fragmentary view of the standard upon which the vise is mounted;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational View of the vise and said standard, both being shown partly in section;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the vise in a different operative position than that shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a top elevational view of the vise as seen along line 4--4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view, partly in section, of the operative end of the vise on line 5--5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of the operative end of the vise taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts through the several views.

The vise is supported upon a vertical standard I which, at its lower end, may be held upon a suitable base or in a clamp, as the case may be. As no invention is involved in securing the standard in its place, the details pertaining to said mounting are not shown.

Pivotally mounted on a pin II within a slot I2 in the upper end I3 of the standard is a flat semi-circular member I4 disposed in a vertical plane, the member including an integrally connected bushing I disposed above the line of the diameter of member I4 and located to one side of the center point of said diameter. Located at the opposite end of said diameter is an integrally connected tongue or lug I6 having a transverse circular aperture therein.

The bushing I5 is Vthreaded internally, as shown at I'I, for reecption of a tube I3 which is threaded at one end upon its outer surface, as shown at I9, and which, at the opposite end, has an outwardly flaring mouth 20. A lock-nut 2 I, threaded internally and knurled on the outer side, as shown at 22, abuts the bushing I5, as shown in the drawings. It will be noted that a part of the outer surface of tube I8 is also knurled, as shown at 23, at the end adjoining said lock-nut 2|.

Slidingly located within the tube I8 is a shaft 24, the shaft being longer than the tube and projecting from the tube at both ends. At one end 25, where it projects above the mid-portion of member I4, it is provided with a transverse hole for reception of a cross-pin 26. At the other end the shaft terminates in a gland, generally indicated by numeral 21, said gland including a tapering portion 28 which fits into the mouth 20 and an outer oval portion 29. The shaft is slotted at the end provided'with said gland 21, the slot 30 extending from the end of gland 21 to a substantial distance within tube I8, as best shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The split portions of said gland constitute jaws of the vise, said jaws being in opposed relation to each other and capable of being exed towards each other. The opposite end 25 of the shaft, as already described, is connected by means of the above-said pin 26 to a short link 3|, which, at the other end, is connected by means of a similar cross-pin 32 to a lever 33, which, at the lower end, is forked, as shown at 34, to straddle the above-said lug or tongue I6 to which it is connected by means of cross-pin 35, the whole arrangement described above, including said lever, said link, and the connection to shaft 24, being well known as a toggle mechanism.

I shall now describe the operation of my vise. The jaws of member 2'I are normally in spaced relation to each other, as shown in Fig. 5, the position of the jaws permitting easy insertion of a iish hook 3B which is to be dressed to serve as a lsh ily. The position of member 21 as a whole, with respect to the mouth 20 of the tube I8, is best shown in Fig. 2. Once the hook is inserted between the jaws of said gland, the gland is drawn back into the mouth 20, this being effected by means of lever 33 which, on being pressed downwardly from position shown in Fig. 2'to a position shown in Fig. 3, will, by means of link 3|, pull said member 21 inwardly against the inner surface of mouth 20. The inner surface of said mouth, bearing against the tapered portion 28 of member 21. will force the split portions thereof towards each other, as shown in Fig. 6, to clamp the fish hook in between. If desired, the mouth of tube I8 may have the outline of an ellipse, the long axis thereof being in the plane of slot 30, although in practice a mouth circular in cross-section appears to Vbe satisfactory.

As already described, tube I8 is threaded into bushing l5. If the tube is not fully screwed in, the outer end thereof, including mouth 20, will be further removed from said bushing, limitingl the extent of the longitudinal movement of shaft 24, and, by the same token, limiting the extent to which the jaws of gland 21 may becompressed towards each other. The arrangement permits adjustment of the extent to which the jaws of the gland may be brought towards each other. Once the tube has Vbeen sufficiently unscrewed from or fullyiscrewed `into bushing 1,5, `the `position ofthe tube may -be Asecured against -longitudinal Adisplacement by means of lock-nut 2l.

As already described, Vmember I4, supporting the operative parts of `the vise, is mounted upon a standard 'l0 by means of a pin H. This is made in the shape of a 'thumb screw 'provided with ,a thumb Lpiece 31 in order 'to -retain 'the Aoperative parts ofthe vise in any desired angular position upon said standard. As the arrangement is well known, no further vdetails Awill be described.

It will beunderstood that some minor changes maybe made inthe structure of my vvise without departing from `the inventive principle disclosed herein.

.site end, a flaring-outmouth, 1a shaft slidingly disposedfin the tubularmember and including, at one end, a gland slotted to form two opposed jaws and having a tapered portion retractable into said mouth, a lever pivotally mounted upon the lug, Vand 4a link at one end connected to said lever'andat the other end connected to the shaft at the'Y end remote from the gland, the lever -servingtc draw :the tapered portion of the gland into ythe mouth and thus move the jaws of the gland towardseach other.

HUGH HAUSER.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,103,074 Gardner Dec. 21, "1935 2,236,781 Pann'ier Apr. F1,1941

` 2,390,034 Walker Nov. 27, '1945 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Bate 303,798 Germany Feb. 25, 1'9'18 

